Trending Religious Concepts in China this month
The 100 most-viewed religious concepts this month on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Brahmacharya.
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Brahmacharya
Way of Life
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Messiah
saviour or liberator of a group of people, most commonly in the Abrahamic religions
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chakra
subtle body psychic-energy centers in the esoteric traditions of Indian religions
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Pentecost
Christian holiday commemorating the New Testament stories of the Holy Spirit descenting upon the Apostles of Jesus
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Vajrayana
Indian Buddhist tantric traditions given to Tibet, Bhutan, and East Asia
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Purusha
mythical creature
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six saṃsāra realms
Buddhist cosmology of 6 worlds where sentient beings are reincarnated based on their karma: the world of gods, of warlike demigods, of human
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nirvana
soteriological goal within the Indian religions
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asura
in Buddhism, name of the lowest ranks of the deities or demigods of the Kāmadhātu
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Eid al-Fitr
Islamic holiday on the first of Shawwal
126
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store-house consciousness
in the Yogacara school of Buddhism, the fundamental part of consciousness that receives impressions from the other consciousnesses and retai
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mandala
spiritual symbolic representation of cosmos used in Buddhism or Hinduism
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Mahāyāna
branch of Buddhism popular in East Asia and Vietnam that sees the goal of becoming a buddha through the bodhisattva path as being available
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Buddha
being who attains perfect enlightenment
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Four Noble Truths
basic framework of Buddhist thought
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three poisons
sources of evil in Buddhism
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Fruit of the Holy Spirit
Biblical term for nine Christian virtues
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Tao
in East Asian philosophy and religions, the source and fundamental principle of the universe
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fallen angel
in the Abrahamic religions, angels expelled from heaven
89
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Twelve Nidānas
Buddhist teachings that describe a life and possible pathways as twelve sequential links
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Hajj
Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
85
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halal
any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law
78
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Bodhisattva
in Buddhism, a being who has developed a spontaneous wish and a compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient bein
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Garden of Eden
mythological "garden of God" in the Bible and the Qur'an
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三種の浄肉
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Samsara
world or realm of existence related to rebirth concept in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Bön, and Sikhism
71
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śarīra
Buddhist bead-shaped objects held to emanate blessings and to ward off evil
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Noble Eightfold Path
one of the principal teachings of the Buddha
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God in Christianity
Christian conception of God
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karma
spiritual concept
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Śūnyatā
Buddhist theological concept of voidness in ontology, meditation and phenomenology
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wisdom in Buddhism
Buddhist term for wisdom, & an understanding of the true nature of phenomena
62
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Wisdom King
type of Buddhist deity
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Ark of the Covenant
in Judaism, a wooden chest containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments
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Pāramitā
Buddhist concept of perfection or completion
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duḥkha
Suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness - a concept in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism
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manna
edible substance described in the Bible
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hell
religious or mythological place of (often eternal) suffering
58
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Samadhi
concept in Indian religions
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Trailokya
cosmology of Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) consisting of three worlds
56
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Dvipa
type of place in Indian Cosmology
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ṣaḍ-pāramitā
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mudra
symbolic gestures in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
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bījākṣara
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sharia
Islamic law
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free will
ability of agents to be the ultimate source or originator of their choices, free from external determination
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Avīci
lowest level of the Naraka (hell) realm in Buddhism
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Mammon
wealth or an entity that promises wealth
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vajra
weapon and/or symbol of pure, irresistible spiritual power in Eastern religions
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number of the beast
number associated with the beast in the Book of Revelation; either 666 or 616, depending on the manuscript
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om
sacred Sanskrit syllable and spiritual symbol in Bouddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, et du Sikhisme
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Naraka
concept of hell in Buddhism
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underworld
supernatural realm, usually beneath the earth, in various mythologies
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Tathatā
true nature of things in Buddhism
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śīla
one of three sections of the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism
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kalpa
Cyclic day of Brahma in Hindu cosmology lasting 1,000 Yuga Cycles containing 14 Manvantaras and 15 Sandhyās. It is followed by a night (pral
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Tathāgata
Buddhist term, referring to the Buddha as transcendent
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Three Universal Seals
Buddhist term
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avidyā
in Buddhism, fundamental ignorance
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afterlife
term in philosophy, religion, mythology, and fiction
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reincarnated soul boy
in Tibetan buddhism, a title for reincarnated practitioners before they formally become living Buddhas
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God in Islam
Islamic conception of God
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reincarnation
concept of rebirth in some religions and cultures
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soul
immaterial aspect or essence of a living being or object
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Eight Great Bodhisattvas
Multiple conbinations of eight Great Bodhisattvas in Buddhism
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Bodhipakkhiyādhammā
in Buddhism, 37 characteristics attributed to the Buddha
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Pratyekabuddha
in Buddhism, one of the three types of enlightened beings (along with arhats and buddhas); one who achieves enlightenment on their own (unli
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Bodhicitta
in Mahayana Buddhism, mind that strives toward awakening, empathy, and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings
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Holy Spirit
conception of God, or an attribute thereof, in various religions
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Kalachakra
nondualistic tantra tradition in Tibetan Buddhism
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millenarianism
belief in a coming fundamental transformation of society
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Eight Consciousnesses
types of consciousness in Mahayana Buddhism
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Three Jewels
Buddhist term: refers to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha
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Babylonian captivity
period in Jewish history during which a number of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon
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Jahriyya
sufi order in China
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hijab
a head covering or veil worn in public by some Muslim women
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marriage in Islam
legal contract between a man and a woman of their free wills
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Promised Land
land which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to Abraham and his descendants
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Skandha
The five aggregates of clinging
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fasting in Islam
fasting regulated by Islamic jurisprudence
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Tantra
esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism
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Basmala
("In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful") phrase recited on various occasions by Muslims; the beginning of every chapter
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Manas-vijnana
one of the eight consciousnesses taught in Yogacara Buddhism
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Inquisition
religious procedure in the ancient régime to persecute those not aligned with Catholic teachings of the Catholic Church
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purgatory
intermediate state after death for purification, according to the belief of some Christians
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Abhisheka
devotional activity in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
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bardo
in Buddhism, an intermediate, transitional, or liminal state between death and rebirth
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Brahman
metaphysical concept, unchanging Ultimate Reality in Hinduism
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hallelujah
religious interjection derived from Hebrew
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Yggdrasil
immense mythical tree in Norse cosmology, connecting the Nine Worlds
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Threefold Training
Buddhist practices for higher virtue, mind, and wisdom
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Day of Judgment
eschatological concept in Zoroastrianism and the Abrahamic religions about a judgment of human beings during end times
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Tathāgatagarbha
Mahāyāna concept of an incipient Buddha in sentient beings
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bodhi
knowledge or wisdom, or awakened intellect, of a Buddha
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dharma in Buddhism
Buddhist concept
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Rapture
in some forms of Protestantism, an eschatological event when all alive true believers will rise along with the resurrected dead believers in
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eschatology
theological view of end of world
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Four stages of enlightenment
in Buddhism, the four stages one goes through to achieve nibbana/nirvana: sotāpanna/srotāpanna (stream-enterer), sakadāgāmin/sakṛdāgāmin (on
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demon
a mythological and malevolent being prevalent in religion, occultism, mythology, and folklore
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kenshō
concept in Zen Buddhism; “seeing one's (true, Buddha) nature”
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